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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2608 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To remove certain species from the lists of threatened species and endangered |
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| 6 | 6 | | species published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL2, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. R |
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| 10 | 10 | | OY(for himself and Mr. PFLUGER) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 11 | 11 | | was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To remove certain species from the lists of threatened species |
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| 14 | 14 | | and endangered species published pursuant to the En- |
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| 15 | 15 | | dangered Species Act of 1973. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN SPECIES FROM LISTS 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | OF THREATENED SPECIES AND ENDANGERED 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SPECIES. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) I |
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| 22 | 22 | | NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | sion of law, the following species are removed from the 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | lists of threatened species and endangered species, as ap-8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | plicable, that are published pursuant to section 4 of the 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533): 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 2608 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx). 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) Banteng (Bos javanicus). 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (3) Eld’s brow-antlered deer (Cervus eldi). 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (4) Grevy’s zebra (Equus grevyi). 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (5) Red lechwe (Kobus leche). 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (6) Seledang (Bos gaurus). 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (7) Swamp deer (Cervus duvauceli). 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) B |
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| 38 | 38 | | UKHARANMARKHOR.—Section 4(a) of the En-8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(a)) is 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | amended— 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The Sec-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | retary shall by regulation’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | provided in paragraph (4), the Secretary shall by 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | regulation’’; and 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(4) A |
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| 47 | 47 | | PPLICABILITY TO BUKHARANMARKHOR.— 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | The Secretary may not make a determination under this 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | subsection that the Bukharan markhor (Capra falconeri 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | heptneri) is a threatened species or an endangered spe-19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | cies.’’. 20 |
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